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EXERCISE – IV ADVANCED SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

1. A cubic f(x) vanishes at x = –2 & has relative 10. By the post office regulations, the combined length
minimum/maximum at x = –1 and x = 1/3. If & width of a parcel must not exceed 3 meter . Find
1
14 the volume of the biggest cylindrical (right circular)
 f ( x )dx 
1
3 , find the cubic f(x). packet that can be sent by the parcel post .

11. A running track of 440 ft. is to be laid out enclosing

2. Find the greatest & least value for the function ;
a football field, the shape of which is a rectangle with
(a) y = x + sin 2x, 0  x  2 
semi circle at each end . If the area of the rectangular
(b) y = 2 cos 2x – cos 4x, 0  x  portion is to be maximum, find the length of its sides.

3. Suppose f(x) is real valued polynomial function of 12. A closed rectangular box with a square base is to
degree 6 satisfying the following conditions ; be made to contain 1000 cubic feet . The cost of the
(a) f has minimum value at x = 0 and 2 material per square foot for the bottom is 15 paise,
(b) f has maximum value at x = 1 for the top 25 paise and for the sides 20 paise . The
labour charges for making the box are Rs. 3/- . Find
f (x) the dimensions of the box when the cost is minimum .
1 0
x
1 1
(c) for all x, Limit n 0 1 =2. Determine f(x). 13. Find the area of the largest rectangle with lower
x0 x x base on the x-axis & upper vertices on the curve
1
1 0 y = 12  x² .
x
4. Find the maximum perimeter of a triangle on a given 14. A trapezium ABCD is inscribed into a semicircle of
base ‘a’ and having the given vertical angle . radius l so that the base AD of the trapezium is a
diameter and the vertices B & C lie on the
5. The length of three sides of a trapezium are equal, circumference. Find the base angle  of the trapezium
each being 10 cms. Find the maximum area of such a ABCD which has the greatest perimeter.
trapezium.

6. The plan view of a swimming pool consists of a ax  b

15. If y = has a turning value at (2, 1)
semicircle of radius r attached to a rectangle of length ( x 1)( x  4 )
‘2r’ and width ‘s’. If the surface area A of the pool is find a & b and show that the turning value is a
fixed, for what value of ‘r’ and ‘s’ the perimeter ‘P’ of maximum.
the pool is minimum.
16. Prove that among all triangles with a given
7. For a given curved surface of a right circular cone perimeter, the equilateral triangle has the maximum
when the volume is maximum, prove that the semi area.
1
vertical angle is sin1 .
3 17. A sheet of poster has its area 18 m² . The margin
at the top & bottom are 75 cms and at the sides 50
8. Of all the lines tangent to the graph of the curve cms . What are the dimensions of the poster if the
6 area of the printed space is maximum ?
y= 2 , find the equations of the tangent lines of
x 3
minimum and maximum slope. 18. A perpendicular is drawn from the centre to a
x2 y2
9. A statue 4 meters high sits on a column 5.6 tangent to an ellipse + = 1 . Find the greatest
meters high . How far from the column must a man, a2 b2
whose eye level is 1.6 meters from the ground, stand value of the intercept between the point of contact
in order to see the statue at the greatest angle ? and the foot of the perpendicular.

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x 26. Given two points A ( 2 , 0) & B (0 , 4) and a

2
19. Consider the function, F(x)= 
1
(t – t) dt, x  R. line y = x . Find the co-ordinates of a point M on this
line so that the perimeter of the  AMB is least.
(a) Find the x and y intercept of F if they exist.
(b) Derivatives F(x) and F(x).
27. A given quantity of metal is to be casted into a
(c) The intervals on which F is an increasing and the
half cylinder i.e. with a rectangular base and
intervals on which F is decreasing.
semicircular ends . Show that in order that total
(d) Relative maximum and minimum points.
surface area may be minimum , the ratio of the height
(e) Any inflection point.
of the cylinder to the diameter of the semi circular
20. A beam of rectangular cross section must be sawn ends is /(+ 2).
from a round log of diameter d . What should the
width x and height y of the cross section be for the 28. Depending on the values of p  R, find the value
beam to offer the greatest resistance (a) to of 'a' for which the equation x3 + 2 px2 + p = a has
compression ; (b) to bending . Assume that the three distinct real roots.
compressive strength of a beam is proportional to the
area of the cross section and the bending strength is 29. Show that for each a > 0 the function eax. xa²
proportional to the product of the width of section by has a maximum value say F (a) , and that F (x) has a
the square of its height. minimum value, ee/2 .

21. What are the dimensions of the rectangular plot 30. For a > 0, find the minimum value of the integral
of the greatest area which can be laid out within a 1/ a
3 5 2 ax
triangle of base 36 ft. & altitude 12 ft ? Assume that 0
(a + 4x – a x )e dx.
one side of the rectangle lies on the base of the
triangle.
 x  n x when x  0
22. The flower bed is to be in the shape of a circular 31. Consider the function f(x) =  0 for x  0

sector of radius r & central angle  . If the area is
fixed & perimeter is minimum, find r and . (a) Find whether f is continuous at x = 0 or not.
(b) Find the minima and maxima if they exist.
23. The mass of a cell culture at time t is given by ,
(c) Does f(0) ? Find Lim
x 0
f(x)
3
M(t) =
1  4e 1 (d) Find the inflection points of the graph of y = f(x).

(a) Find tLim

 
M(t) and Lim
t 
M(t) 32. Consider the function y = f(x) = ln (1 + sin x )
with –2x  2. Find
dM 1
(b) Show that  M(3 – M) (a) the zeroes of f(x)
dt 3
(b) inflection points if any on the graph
(c) Find the maximum rate of growth of M and also
(c) local maxima and minima of f(x)
the value of t at which occurs.
(d) asymptotes of the graph
24. Find the cosine of the angle at the vertex of an (e) sketch the graph of f(x) and compute the value
isosceles triangle having the greatest area for the /2

given constant length  of the median drawn to its of the definite integral 
 / 2
f(x) dx.
lateral side.

25. Find the fixed point A on the circumference of a
circle of radius ‘a’, let the perpendicular AY fall on the
tangent at a point P on the circle, prove that the greatest
a2
area which the APY can have is 3 3 sq. units.
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33. A right circular cone is to be circumscribed about
a sphere of a given radius. Find the ratio of the altitude
of the cone to the radius of the sphere, if the cone is
of least possible volume.

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34. Find the set of value of m for the cubic

3 2 5
3
x – x  = log1/4(m) has 3 distinct solutions.
2 2

35. A cylinder is obtained by revolving a rectangle

about the x–axis, the base of the rectangle lying on
the x–axis and the entire rectangle lying in the region

x
between the curve. y = 2 & the x–axis. Find the
x 1
maximum possible volume of the cylinder.

36. The value of ‘a’ for which

3 2 2
f(x) = x + 3(a – 7)x + 3(a – 9)x – 1 have a positive
point of maximum lies in the interval (a1, a2)  (a3, a4).
Find the value of a2 + 11a3 + 70a4.

37. Among all regular triangular prism with volume V,

find the prism with the least sum of lengths of all
edges. How long is the side of the base of that prism ?

38. What is the radius of the smallest circular disk

large enough to cover every acute isosceles triangle
of a given perimeter L ?

39. Find the magnitude of the vertex angle ‘’ of an

isosceles triangle of the given area ‘A’ such that the
radius ‘r’ of the circle inscribed into the triangle is the
maximum.

40. The function f(x) defined for all real numbers x

has the following properties
2 –x
f(0) = 0, f(2) = 2 and f(x) = k (2x – x ) e for some
constant k > 0. Find
(a) the intervals on which f is increasing and decreasing
and any local maximum or minimum values.
(b) the intervals on which the graph f is concave
down and concave up.
(c) the function f(x) and plot its graph.

41. Use calculus to prove the inequality, sin x  2x/

in 0  x /2.
2
You may use the inequality to prove that, cos x  1 – x /
in 0  x  /2.

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